Article of wearing apparel



Patented Mar. 18, 1947 omen. STAT t eir This invention relates to anarticle of wearing apparel which may be worn as an apron for children oradults or as a collar for a dress or as other types of accessories inthe field of womens wearing apparel.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of an article ofwearing apparel of the character described which is made in accordancewith a very simple pattern and design and which comprises but a singleunitary member, exclusive of shoulder straps where shoulder straps areused. When used as an apron, this article of wearing apparel has a skirtportion and a front or bib portion which are integral with each other.When used, for example, as a collar or similar accessory, the article ofwearing apparel herein claimed comprises a collar portion proper and afront or bib portion and again these two portions are integral with eachother. In one form of the invention the skirt or collar portion, as thecase may be, is a seamless circular unit extending completely around thewearer. In another form of the invention, reference is here particularlybeing made to another form of apron, the skirt extends only around thefront and sides of the wearer, the skirt being integral with a pair oftie members or straps which are tied or buttoned at the back.

These embodiments are shown in the accompanying drawing in which- Fig. 1is a perspective view of an apron which constitutes one embodiment ofthe invention, said View showing how the apron appears when it is worn;

Fig. 2 is a view of said apron, the straps being omitted therefrom, asitappears after it has been cut out of the cloth but before it is sewedinto a finished article;

Fig. 3 is a view or the straps used in Fig. 1, said straps also beingshown as they are cut out of the cloth and before they are finished;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to-that of Fig. 2, said view being of a secondembodiment of apron above referred to, both Figs. 2 and 4 constituting aview not only of the apron itself but also of the pattern to which theapron is cut; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a third form of the invention, in thiscase an article of wearing apparel to be worn around the neck, this formof invention being patterned substantially in accordance with thepattern shown in Fig. 4.

Referring now to Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, it will be seen that the aproncomprises four parts: a skirt H], a bib H integral therewith, and a pairof strap l2 sewed at one end to the back of 6 Claims. (01. 2-48) theskirt ill and buttoned at the other end to the top of the bib ll. Fig. 2will show how the bib and skirt parts of the apron are cut out of thecloth and how they appear lying flat and spread out. It will be noted inFig. 2 that the skirt It! comprises a circular member having its centerpart out to the extent of about threequarters of a circle concentricwith the periphery of said skirt. The center portion constitutes the bibH. In other words, what is provided here is a circular figure having asubstantially circular figure cut into its center portion concentricallytherewith. The peripheral edge 13 of the skirt portion it is finishedoii by hemming or binding or in any other conventional way and itappears in Fig. 1 under the character reference !3a. The same may besaid of the inner edge it of the skirt to and the finished inner edge ofsaid skirt is shown in Fig. 1 under the designation of Ida. And what hasbeen said of the skirt is also true of the edge is of the bib portion,said edge being shown finished oii in Fig. 1 and designated by thecharacter reference 15a. The straps too may be finished off in the sameway as the skirt and bib portions of the apron. They are shown in Fig. 1having finished edges.

The second embodiment of the apron which is shown in Fig. 4 differs fromthat of Fig. 2 in two respects: the inner bib part 20 is not cutconcentrically with the skirt 2! of said embodiment but instead is cutrelatively near the peripheral edge of said skirt. The second point ofdifference between the embodiment of Fig. 4 and that of Fig. 2 is theslit 22 which is cut in the skirt at its narrowest point, to wit, at thepoint wherethe bib 2% comes nearest the peripheral edge of the skirt.This has the effect of providing a pair of tying members 23 and 24 whichmay be tied behind the back of the person wearing the apron. This apronalso differs from the first embodiment in that it is not provided with apair of shoulder straps such as are shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the firstembodiment. Instead, the bib 20 of the embodiment of Fig. 4 is pinned tothe dress of the wearer.

The article of wearing apparel which is to be worn around the neck andwhich is shown in Fig. 5 comprises a skirt portion 39 and a bib portion3|, said skirt and bib portions being integral with each other. Thepattern to which this article of wearing apparel is out is shownsubstantially in Fig. 4. The only difference be-.

tween the pattern in Fig. 4 and the pattern to which the article in Fig.5 is cut lies in the width of the members 23 and 26 in Fig. 4. Since inFig. 4 these members are intended to constitute tie members, they arenaturally relatively narrow. In the device shown in Fig. 5 these membersconstitute the rear portions of the collar proper and hence they aremuch wider, Indeed, they are substantially as wide proportionately oithe pattern in Fig. 4 which constitutes the skirt proper.

It will be appreciated that what has been provided here is an extremelysimple form of an article of wearing apparel which may be die cut out ofthe cloth instead of cut therefrom in the usual manner. Variations andmodifications may be incorporated into the embodiments above describedWithout departing from the basic prin ciples of the invention. Forexample, instead of a circular bib portion as shown in the embodiments,at bib of any other desirable shape may be provided as, for example, asquare bib or an oval bib or a bib of other design.

I claim:

1. An apron blank comprising a substantially circular member having acenter portion partly cut out therefrom, and a. peripheral portion'whichentirely surrounds said center portion, said center portion constitutinga bib and said peripheral portion constituting a skirt.

2. An apron blank comprising a substantially circular member having acircular center portion, and a ring shaped outer portion which entirelysurrounds said center portion, said center and outer portions beingintegral with each other at one point and being separate and apart fromeach other at all other points, said center portion constituting a bib,and said outer portion constituting a skirt.

3. An apron blank comprising a substantially circular member having acenter portion partly cut out therefrom, and an outer portion whichentirely surrounds said center portion, said center and outer portionsbeing integral with each other along a pre-determined line and being separate and apart from each other at all other points, said outer portionbeing wider where it is attached to the center portion, and narrower'where it is detached therefrom, said narrower portion being providedwith a radial slit which completely severs said narrower portion forminga pair of strap-like portions, said center portion constituting a biband said outer portion constituting a skirt and two straps for tyingsaid skirt around the wearer.

4. An apron comprising a skirt and a bib, said bib being integral withsaid skirt along a predetermined line, and being detached from saidskirt at all other points, said bib being disposed within the skirt andbeing entirely surrounded by said skirt when said apron is laid outfiat.

5. An apron having a skirt, a bib and straps connecting one end of saidbib to said skirt, said bib being attached to said skirt along apredetermined line and being separated from said skirt at all otherpoints, and said bib being disposed within said skirt and being entirelysurrounded by said skirt when the apron is laid out flat.

6. An apron having a skirt and a bib, said bib being integral with saidskirt along a predetermined line and being separated from said skirt atall other points, said bib being disposed within and entirely surroundedby said skirt when the apron is laid out fiat, said skirt being wide atthe portion thereof which is integral with the bib, and being narrow atthat portion thereof which is separated from the bib, said narrowportion of the skirt being severed along a radial line to form a pair ofstraps integral with the Wide portion of the skirt for tying said apronaround the wearer.

HELEN E. SMITH.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Guiliano Mar. 21, 1933

